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Medical Assistant Credentialing Requirements for Your Client Practices

Join HCP'sEric Christensen for aNSCHBC hosted webinar onMarch 5th at 1:30pm (EST) Learn the Medical Assistant Credentialing requirements and how they apply to your client practices. Tools and solutions will be shared...

Security Risk Analysis 101 " What you need to know to protect your practice

Join HCP's Eric Christensen for an AAOE hosted webinar on March 12th at 12:00pm (EST) Every healthcare organization, which maintains Protected Health Information (PHI), must be able to demonstrate that they have...

Breach Notification Requirements " Questions and Answers

The deadline for submitting notice of a breach affecting fewer than 500 individuals is less than one month away. If a breach of unsecured protected health information affects fewer than 500 individuals, a covered...

ONC releases Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap...

Timeline for shifting Medicare reimbursements from volume to value

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced measurable goals and a timeline to move the Medicare program towards paring providers based on the quality of care they give patients, instead of the...

Medical Assistant Credentialing is more than Meaningful Use

We have been asked some questions about Medical Assistant Credentialing lately and rightfully so. With Meaningful Use, audits, attestation, and the constant changes in healthcare; questions about Medical Assistant...

CMS Administrator Stepping Down in February

Last Friday, it was announced that Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be stepping down in February. In her role as CMS administrator, she oversaw government...

5 Compliance Tips for 2015 and beyond

Understandably, the first of the year presents its fair share of challenges for health care professionals and organizations. For many of us, especially during the first of the year, it is easier to keep tabs on our...

Proposed National Standard for Data Breach Notification

Will the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act impact current breach notification requirements? President Obama is calling for a national standard for data breach notification. The proposed standard will...

ICD-10 Update

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yet another delay for ICD-10. This time, the delay will benefit providers. CMS has pushed out the ICD-10 testing deadline to January 21, 2015. CMS will use...